Spring Break ends and Spring "HOLIDAY" begins!

Monday Day 269-Saturday 288

Well Spring break was  awesome to say the least.  A week full of sun, pool, and relaxing tanning.  I need another vacay soon, maybe I will learn to relax even more instead of cook, clean, organize and what not in the spare time of the day!  So recently I have become obsessed with a new website PALEOMG.COM  check her out she is hilarious and the food is awesome!  I always seem to have the stuff she cooks with!  Easter is fast approaching and she has piqued my interest on some of her recipes.  So going back to the last two weeks.  Nana came in on Thursday of Spring Break, we were thrilled to see her, it has been since Christmas after all!  The week back from spring break was great, could not believe how well behaved my class was!  I started plotting some Easter decor as you will see in the pics I am sure and we did these between reading and math lessons.  What a mess, but oh so fun!  I am thrilled that we get to wear jeans in the CSS department....trust me its needed with all we do!  ( on the floor, painting, gluing etc.)  Anywho, this past week was only 3 days long and to boot on the 4th day I got to be in my classroom alone which made me a happppppy girl ( would have been happier WITHOUT a lower GI bug...yeah).  This is not part of spring break this is what they call spring HOLIDAY...they are not allowed to associate spring break with Easter so they have us go back to school for a week in between so there is no correlation.  Hmm...I won't say a thing.   Who got alllll her portfolios for end of year?  Who got all the closet finished up and boxed for the move?  Who got progress reports, grades, comments, home notes and files organized???  THIS GIRL!   Ahhhh yes you see the words "move" in there?  I have to switch classrooms, 30 feet in a diagonal direction to the current grade2-3 class.  Huge, beautiful clean room I LOVE it.  Can not wait to get my hands on that awesome brand new wood desk that I will be receiving too with the high back teachers computer chair.  AHhhh :)  I also found out I will ( more than likely) be teaching a group of " high" children next fall, meaning K-1 very high functioning children.  I am very excited to be a part of their lives and see what I can bring to them, and them to me!  We have 5 teachers in our department and are losing 2 in the fall...so many changes to come I am sure.  Always a mystery!  So as I type this I am watching my son walk....12 steps he made it all the way across the living room.  Its funny he has been taking steps for weeks...but I think he is finally realizing that walking is way cooler and more fun and people cheer for him, so he is pretty much hanging on his feet now.    Okey Dokey....off to the zoo again today, apparently there is a water park and the kids are dying to play in it...we are fortunate to have Nana Babs here so she will be staying home hanging out with Jasper!  Thank you NANA!

SPRING BREAKKKKK!!!!!

 Days....ummm Monday 247-Sunday 268!


Ok I am so so far behind and I apologize...but you all follow Facebook anyway so there is not much you don't see there I am sure!  I really have no time to do any of this, between prepping meals, trying to work out and doing that thing..ya know...work..and the other thing...parent?  UGH!  So to catch you up then if you haven't already seen.  The past few weeks have been spent working with my classroom, lots of changes happened that I am not at liberty to discuss but regardless, it was a trying time for my students and myself.  I love my job...I love my principle, and I love my colleagues.  I am excited as we are already discussing next fall and what will happen, between room changes, new para's and new students it should be an adventure!  In the past few weeks Josh has been using his earned time because we are out of a babysitter, Nana Babs is on her way but had some obligations to uphold so we needed to make some temporary changes on our end.  The girls and Jas have loved having daddy home I am sure!  He is kind of paying for it in this coming week as he is about to work 7 12 hour shifts straight because of some exercises being run on the base.  Nana should be here at the end of the week or next weekend.  I have missed my neighbors terribly for 3 weeks they have been in Key West tormenting us with pictures of paradise...but honestly I have had a wonderful weekend ( albeit I am burnt to a crisp) with the kids and my husband pool side.  Our own mini paradise until we can vacation ( in 20 years!)  This week is spring break and I plan on relaxing, working on a different students IEP goals daily, spending time with the kids, cooking new fun recipes, and heading to the zoo a day or two.  I hope that I don't waste my spring break working too much, I really need to rest as I just am getting over a sinus infection and bronchitis...AGAIN.  Yikes.  Thank you to everyone who helped to celebrate Pip's 4th birthday!  How fun was that day.  No elaborate party needed... Saturday at the pool she thought all the people swimming were there for her birthday party! We were going to take her on the pirate ship Friday or Saturday but Josh has been informed that it is mandatory he works :(  BOOOOO...26 hours of O.T.  YAY!  So off to finish my paleo coconut curry meatballs...they smell delectable!

Brasilian Guitarist we went to see with the kids at school.  They are amazing...check them out on YouTube. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF19Apw_5BY&feature=related

This guy freaked Bay and I out early on our way into school!  He was size of my fist roughly.

My cabana boy

Lots of News and the Northerners Came!

Sunday Day 231- Sunday Day 246

Ok so what a whirlwind two weeks!  I love love love my job.  My room is finally put together and I am now working on documentation for IEP goals and getting my kids caught up and where they need to be as far as being in compliance.  They all need progress reports and updated information since they have had NOTHING since October.  I adore my kids and recently discovered I may get 3 more.  So apart from that a lot has happened this past week. Heather who is absolutely amazing bought my my ticket to RI for July to see my BFF Shannon's baby when he/she is born.  She also is extending her St. Pattys trip to Ft. Myers so the kids and I can vacation with her! My husband let our babysitter go for several reasons and we have our Nana Babs returning for a few months to help out until end of school year.  Baleigh is going back to school with me ( not in my building).  And finally we had special visitors this weekend from RI!  Mimi and Papa flew in last weekend but only for lunch before they headed off on their cruise.  Thursday of this week however they headed in for a wonderful fun filled weekend.  The zoo, beautiful lunch on the river, a trip to their old home in Jax and finally a great cookout with all our awesome friends.  Thank you to Linda, Teresa, Dawn and Josh ( not my Josh...my other Josh!) for coming and helping celebrate both my new job and my parents visit.  Sad to see them go, but have a lot coming up in the next few weeks between school, the kids, and the return of the Nana, that I need to get done.  As for now, I need to clean ( wish I didn't), wish I could workout (  but I have kids), wish I could nap ( but I have kids), and really wish I had not dropped a table on my big toe yesterday because I am a hurting puppy!  Is that enough whining?  LOL  :)   Enjoy the pics from the last two weeks!

My Dreams Come True!!!

So playful

Days 217-230  ( 365 is so close!)

So not only did I marry the man of my dreams, now I am working in my dream I have three amazing (albeit challenging ) children and I live in the sunshine state!  Who could ask for anything more We are in such a good place right now! Soooooooooooooo many people to thank so little time....my parents Josh's parents, Mrs Hupee my third grade teacher...Mrs Kelly who was amazing as my student teaching advisor with her partner in crime Mrs. B.\My amazing and supportive friends Heather and Shannon and so many more.  I have to email all my teachers at RIC as well. Well the ones I liked lol. Feel like I won an award! I love my room, adore my para although who can come close Mrs. B.My principal is young(ish), fun, experienced, driven and awesome. She makes me feel super welcome and even threw a potluck welcoming party for me this past week. My first week in the classroom was a whirlwind getting used to the kids and working with them to get all the assessments done.  The room was also previously inhabited by a pack rat so there is much cleaning to be done.  I was complimented by the para saying I got more done in one week than her entire time in that room since September.  I am blessed to have a neat freak, organized and very motivated para who is on the same page as me.   My kiddos here at home are handling the news well they adore their babysitter and have dad home many days of the week as well so they're still happy.  Nothing like being told your five year old is proud of you. :-)   So anyway I live in the world of lesson planning, IEP's FBA's and many more acronyms!  Hopefully I can keep up the blog....life just got very busy!
In other news we have to start looking into moving back into the Oakleaf area in a few months....after all our lease is up in July which is sooner than we think!  I can't believe we need to get Bay ready for kindergarten soon.  Time is flying for us.  Only a few more weeks of school and summer will be here!  Here are some pics from this past few weeks.  I attempted to do this all from my phone and it came out funny :(  Oh well lesson learned.   In the coming weeks we expect a visit from Mimi and PAPA from RI which the girls are excited for of course!  And we will be spending Paytons birthday weekend in Fort Myers....AHHH my HAPPY PLACE.  We will be joined by Nana and Grampa when they get back from Key West.  PIRATE SHIP HERE WE COME!   Looking forward to a great week at school as I get these children learning again.  :)  Wish me luck!  ( More pics are coming...  for some reason my phone didn't upload them but I will insert them later).

I love this pic

Checking out the flowers on their bike ride

I was told my first day that I have the Book of The Month for the school!  NO pressure....